MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.43,-91.9 Latitude: 33.43 Longitude: -91.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 55 28.0 17.8 54 10.1 21.0 186 8 300.8 303.2 294.0 338.7 12.91 1 1000 89 27.4 17.4 54 10.0 20.6 187 8 300.6 302.9 293.7 337.6 12.61 2 950 540 22.9 16.3 66 6.6 18.4 188 14 300.4 302.7 293.5 336.7 12.36 3 900 1008 18.5 14.7 78 3.8 16.0 189 14 300.5 302.7 293.0 335.0 11.73 4 850 1497 16.8 4.4 44 12.5 9.7 227 13 303.8 304.9 289.5 322.4 6.15 5 800 2010 12.8 9.3 80 3.4 10.6 241 19 304.8 306.5 292.4 332.5 9.25 6 750 2549 10.0 7.6 85 2.4 8.5 241 22 307.4 309.0 292.8 334.0 8.77 7 700 3122 8.9 -5.2 36 14.1 2.1 225 26 312.4 313.1 290.0 324.2 3.72 8 650 3731 5.1 -6.3 43 11.5 -0.3 232 27 314.8 315.5 290.7 326.5 3.66 9 600 4378 0.1 -5.5 66 5.6 -2.5 234 27 316.2 317.1 291.7 329.9 4.25 10 550 5069 -4.9 -10.4 65 5.5 -7.2 228 28 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.5 3.15 11 500 5810 -10.2 -16.4 60 6.2 -12.3 229 35 320.6 321.1 291.1 327.8 2.13 12 450 6615 -13.8 -34.0 16 20.2 -18.0 235 38 325.9 325.9 291.0 327.6 0.48 13 400 7501 -19.2 -45.6 8 26.3 -22.8 237 42 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 14 350 8478 -26.6 -50.3 9 23.7 -28.9 237 50 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 15 300 9571 -35.6 -52.6 16 17.0 -36.8 241 56 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.10 16 250 10811 -45.5 -57.4 25 11.8 -46.0 246 62 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.07 17 200 12272 -52.8 -72.5 8 19.6 -53.2 252 72 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14083 -62.5 -80.6 7 18.1 -62.7 253 61 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16521 -71.9 -86.6 9 14.6 -72.0 255 39 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.87 m Freezing level: 598.89 mb = 4393.38 m = 14413.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.69 mb = 3659.59 m = 12006.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.02 mb = 1336.93 m = 4386.19 ft T: 17.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 16.37 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1878.58 m = 6163.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.69 C = 89.04 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: 4.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 14.52 C K Index: 17.24 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 99.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.37 mb = 1392.91 m = 4569.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.37 mb = 4439.60 m = 14565.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 415.37 mb = 7217.17 m = 23678.09 ft B at Equ Level: 99.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 245.37 mb = 10933.17 m = 35869.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.9 neg: -6.9 tot: 38.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.91 Bulk Shear: 34.33 m/s